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Battle of Cooke's Spring

Battle of Cooke's Spring
Part of the Apache Wars
DateMarch 9, 1857
Location
Result United States victory
Belligerents
 United States Apache
Commanders and leaders
United States Alfred Gibbs unknown
Strength
17 cavalry
2 militia
8 warriors
Casualties and losses
1 wounded 6 killed
1 wounded

The Battle of Cookes Spring was a skirmish which took place between Apache raiders and the United States Army on March 9, 1857. Apache raiders were tracked through the frontier by a party of U.S. Army cavalry who intercepted the native warriors at Cooke's Spring in the Black Range of New Mexico.[1][2]

  1. ^ Michno, pg. 52-53
  2. ^ Warner, pp. 172-173